Another glorious day in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday, December 14, provided the backdrop for the first women’s Super-G of the 2025–26 World Cup season. Under blue skies on the Corviglia course, New Zealand’s Alice Robinson delivered a smooth, controlled run to claim victory, marking a historic breakthrough for her country. France’s Romane Miradoli finished second, just eight-hundredths of a second back, while Italy’s Sofia Goggia rounded out the podium. Lindsey Vonn narrowly missed a podium finish in fourth.
“I felt awesome. The conditions here were like… I was going up the chairlift before my race and saying to my coach: ‘It couldn’t be any better.’ I felt amazing. I felt like I had a really good plan from inspection and I really wanted to just go for it. I felt great coming down but I was not sure, because sometimes in Super-G if you feel too good, it’s not fast.”
— Alice Robinson
The race was opened by Switzerland’s Joana Hählen, who set the initial benchmark at 1:16.53. Team USA’s Keely Cashman, starting in bib 2, immediately raised the bar by slicing 0.59 seconds off that time to take the early lead. Ilka Štuhec looked poised to challenge Cashman’s mark, carrying immense speed into the technical section below the Rominger Jump, but missed a gate on the tight turns, ending her bid for a repeat podium in St. Moritz. Italy’s Roberta Melesi was unable to match Cashman’s pace, before Germany’s Kira Weidle-Winkelmann briefly moved into the lead—only to be decisively outclassed moments later by Robinson.
Starting in bib 6, Robinson attacked the course with confidence, mastering the technical second sector and letting her skis run where others struggled. She took the lead by nearly a full second, stopping the clock at 1:14.84. According to FIS, Robinson finished inside the top five in all four timed sectors, an indication of her consistency from top to bottom. The 24-year-old became the first New Zealander ever to win a Women’s World Cup Super-G, adding another milestone to an already strong start to her season following her Giant Slalom success at Copper Mountain. “Crazy, I was not expecting this today,” Robinson said afterward. “What a day—it’s just incredible.”
Romane Miradoli, starting directly after Robinson in bib 7, was marginally faster through the top section and led briefly at the first split, but gradually fell back, crossing the line just 0.08 seconds behind the Kiwi. “I had a pretty good feeling,” Miradoli said, noting that her start cost her slightly, but describing the rest of her run as “really nice.”
Sofia Goggia followed and produced another solid run on a course where she has enjoyed repeated success, including victories in 2020, 2022, and 2023. While she briefly challenged Robinson in the technical sector, minor balance corrections elsewhere left her 0.19 seconds off the win in third. “I had a really solid run, but I know I can give so much more,” Goggia said, describing her early-season speed form as “solid.”
Yesterday’s Downhill winner Emma Aicher appeared poised to contend again but lost balance over a roller in the upper section and crashed. The German was unhurt and skied away unassisted.
Team USA delivered another strong collective showing. Lindsey Vonn skied into fourth place, just 0.08 seconds shy of the podium, despite losing time in the technical section before producing one of the fastest bottom splits of the day. Mary Bocock charged from bib 42 into 18th place, earning the Stifel Bibbo Award for the biggest climb in rankings. Tricia Mangan finished 21st, while Haley Cutler took 23rd, earning valuable FIS points. Bella Wright and Allison Mollin finished just outside the top 30.
The most anticipated American run of the day belonged to Mikaela Shiffrin, who started in bib 31 in her first Super-G start in nearly two years. Shiffrin had not raced the discipline since Val d’Isère in December 2023, where she recorded a DNF; the previous week that season, she finished fourth in St. Moritz—the same year she won the Downhill on the Corviglia course. Her last Super-G victory came in St. Moritz in 2022.
Shiffrin had indicated back in October that she might return to Super-G early in the season, making St. Moritz a logical venue. Her run looked strong and composed, with the American on pace for a top-10 finish, before she shockingly missed the penultimate gate just before the finish, drawing an audible reaction from the crowd and resulting in a DNF.
The race also marked the first World Cup event featuring both Shiffrin and Vonn since 2019, a long-awaited matchup that ultimately saw Vonn take the upper hand this time around. Vonn expressed in a post-race interview how much respect she has for Shiffrin and how happy she was to see her compete in Super-G again. “I am sure it’s not easy when you are coming back from an injury. She looked solid and in a good frame of mind and it’s great to have her back [in Super-G].”
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